Live Music for Dec. 6, 2012

December 5, 2012

MARTINSBURG - To welcome in the holiday season, the piano students of Debbie Woldokewitsch, of Keyboards Plus in Martinsburg, will present a concert of holiday music from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today on the grand piano located on the mezzanine of the Martinsburg Public Library.

Plan to attend and enjoy your favorite holiday songs and other sounds of the season. Light refreshments will be provided.

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First Friday to host Robinsons

MARTINSBURG - First Friday Coffeehouse will feature Dana and Susan Robinson from Asheville, N.C., on Friday. The venue is located at Trinity Orchard House, 4599 Shepherdstown Road. Doors open for social time and open sign-up at 7:30 p.m. All open mic participants should be there early to get a slot to perform two songs or eight minutes at one of the area's premier listening rooms. Upcoming feature performers are: Jan. 4, 2013, The Rolling Coyotes; Feb. 1, Tim Grimm; and March 1, Craig Bickhardt.

A $5 to $10 donation per person is requested.

For more information, contact Steve Warner...304-676-4422 or 304-876-2915.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The English & Humanities Division at Hagerstown Community College will present "An Afternoon of Song and Dance," at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kepler Theater.

The event will feature more than 30 students in the dance and music programs at HCC. Dance students will be performing jazz, ballet, musical theater, and contemporary dances, and vocal students will be performing a variety of opera and musical theater numbers. The HCC Chorus will also perform. This event is free and is open to the public.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will present a Piano Quintet for the annual Maryland Symphony Orchestra Recital (MSO) at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The concert is sponsored in part by Mr. and Mrs. John Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hobbs. This is a ticketed event, $5 for non-members and free for members and children 12 and under. A reception, hosted by members of the Museum's volunteer organization, The Singer Society, will follow the performance.

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Community band performance set

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Williamsport Community Band will present its 15th annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at Tri-State Fellowship, 13153 Cearfoss Pike and at 3 p.m. Dec. 16 at St. James Brethren Church, 17718 Lappan's Road, Saint James, Md. Concerts are free and open to all.

For more information, call 301-223-6538.

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Holiday concert

to be held Sunday

MARTINSBURG - The Berkeley County High School Orchestra will present a festive Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of Martinsburg High School. The ensemble includes high school age wind, brass and percussion students as well as a full string orchestra and adult musicians from the school community. The program will include Sibelius' "Finlandia," "Ancient Aires and Dances from Respighi," excerpts from the sound track of "Mamma Mia" and a German Christmas Carol Medley. For the first time the music will be accompanied by projected images illustrating the contents of the compositions. The public is very cordially invited. The orchestra program is asking for a donation of $2 per adult. Students and children are free.

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Dr. Erik Jones, associate professor of music at Shepherd University, will conduct the Shepherdstown "Tuba Christmas" concert at 1 p.m. Dec. 22 on the steps of McMurran Hall. Dr. Kathleen Corpus, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, and Dr. Keith Alexander, visiting assistant professor of environmental and physical sciences, are coordinators for the event. The concert will last an hour, and any skill level tuba and euphonium players can participate.

Tuba Christmas player registration will begin at 10 a.m. in Reynolds Hall and is $5 to participate, which will include a commemorative pin. Tuba Christmas music will be available for purchase during registration. Rehearsal will follow at 10:30 a.m. Players need to bring their own instrument and music stand. Players are encouraged to decorate their instruments and music stands.

Tuba Christmas is a public concert of Christmas carols played on the tuba and euphonium held at different locations throughout the United States.

For more information about Shepherdstown's Tuba Christmas, call Corpus at 304-876-5318 or kcorpus@shepherd.edu.

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Hucklebuck to play at Longshots

CHARLES TOWN - Hucklebuck will perform at 9 p.m. Dec. 15 at Longshots Billiards. No cover.

LUCKETTS, Va. - A special bluegrass concert, "Christmas Jamboree Show," will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Lucketts Elementary School, 14550 James Monroe Hwy. (U.S. Route 15). Admission is $15 at the door. Sandwiches, sodas and snacks will be available.

For more information, call 703-771-5281.

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Holiday concert set for Dec. 15-16

HAGERSTOWN, Md.-Music Director Elizabeth Schulze and the Maryland Symphony Orchestra will kick off the holiday season with its 25th annual "Home for the Holidays" concerts on at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 and at 3 p.m. Dec.r 16 at the historic Maryland Theatre in downtown Hagerstown.

This year's special guests will be Robert Tudor, baritone; Russell Iceberg, violinist; Northern Middle School Women's Ensemble; and, Hagerstown Choral Arts. And it wouldn't be an MSO Christmas celebration without the popular yuletide sing-along led by Jolly Old Saint Nick himself.

Robert Tudor is the director of Vocal Activities and Chair of the Department of Music at Shepherd University.

Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $18 for students and $12 for children, 12 years and younger. They may be purchased online at marylandsymphony.secure.force.com/ticket, in person at 30 West Washington St. (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or by calling 301-797-4000. The MSO also offers special rates for groups of 10 or more.

For more information, call the MSO office at 301-797-4000.

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The Friends of Music gives slate

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Friends of Music has announced the lineup for the much anticipated 2012-13 season:

Feb. 23, 8 p.m.: The Merling Trio;

March 2, 8 p.m.: Jazz Festival Concert with Anat Cohen;

March 9, 8 p.m.: Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra;

March 28, 8 p.m.: The Lee Konitz New Quartet;

April 13, 8 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale at St. James Catholic Church

April 14, 7 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale

April 10, 8 p.m.: Bonus Concert with The 5 Browns (not included in subscription)

Unless otherwise noted, all concerts will be performed at the Frank Center.

The Friends of Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and promotes musical excellence at Shepherd University and throughout the region.